People will always tell you what you do wrong, but they are hesitant to compliment you for the many things you do right, this is true but not for my cousin, Angel. She has always been there for me. We have been through a lot. Through my dad’s seizures, through her adoption, through our grandparents death, and she has always been a sholder to cry on. I can't tell you how much she means to have someone who is always there for me, who helps me through everything, through boys, through everyday problems,and through sadness, and through happiness. She’s seen me in my worst and loved me when i am not always there for her. I know what it's like to have a cousin as my best friend/sister.

I know what it's like to have people leave but i also know how good it feels to have someone stick with me. I know how it feels like to be alone. I know how it feels to not want to live anymore but my cousin has shown me what live is really all for and about.

I know what it feels like to have people destroy your life and i hope nobody will get hurt or have to go through that pain, but i know that's what humans do, we self destruct each other and ourselves just to make us happy and i know it's sad to watch people walk out of our lives but we have to be strong. You have to find the people that won't leave and that's what my cousin never did and has taught me. She never made me feel unwanted.

I know what it feels like to have someone who cares so much about me. I know what it feels like to have wanted to live for the good things in life. I know what it feels like to have someone love you so much that they would not think about leaving.

When my cousin first came to meet my family and I, we were all nervous, we didn't know what to talk about because we came from completely different situations, then when we finally got along, after two months of not seeing each other because they had to get things figured out, we did not want to leave each other, it was so special when we got to have our first sleepover, not only did my aunt and uncle adopt her, they adopted her brother and sister, so I gained three new cousins and it is so fun to hang out with them. I love my cousins but she was older one she so she went through everything I'm going through and my other cousin is a year younger so she's not going to those things yet. We hang out with each other 24/7 or every time we have free.

Another fun thing we did was we went to Disneyland just last year after Valentine's Day, my parents bought tickets for Valentines so it was just us. We had so much fun on all the rides, she hasn't been there since she was like 8 so it was fun to go there with her and spend so much time with her. The funnest thing we did was all the rides like Space Mountain & Big Thunder Mountain.

As we went to our church camp there we learned about Christ, it was so fun to go and I was it sure if I wanted to go but my cousin said she wouldn't leave me, I decided to go, it was so fun, because I had her I didn't need to feel scared or worried. She has taught me so much, she just told me that you can't depend on others to make you happy, guys are important, you will meet one boy one day and he will be like nothing before, choose to be happy, love life because somewhere out there someone is wishing they had it this way, ignore the negative, choose to listen to the positive, and believe in yourself.